SuperScale surveyed more than 500 mobile game companies about their projects.
SuperScale surveyed more than 500 mobile game companies about their projects.
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Mobile game mortality rate is 83% within 3 years | SuperScale

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The mortality rate for mobile games is 83%, meaning that percentage of games will die off within three years, according to research by SuperScale.

The company, which provides monetization for mobile games, said its study of 500 game developers also found that 43% of games perish during their development phase. Ivan Trancik, CEO and Founder of SuperScale, said in an interview with GamesBeat that is both “staggering” and “alarming.”

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.